It’s that time of year again. Time to switch our clocks forward one hour. Except this year we’re making the switch one month earlier. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended Daylight Saving Time in an effort to curtail U.S. fuel consumption. Great. How exactly does that work?

To tell you the truth I’m not concerned about why we’re changing it. I’m more concerned with why we keep changing it back and forth. Wouldn’t it be easier to just set it and forget it.

Is there really a reason or are we all just begging for a darker, colder winter? What about the guy who is gassing up his car in the middle of January after work. I betcha he would love to have that extra hour back. It would be a bit warmer because the sun would be out. As soon as the sun goes down, that’s when it starts to feel really cold. Of course now I live in Florida so it doesn’t bother me anymore. I do remember all to well though.

Oh but wait… I just thought of something exciting! We can look forward to that extra hour of sleep when we set it back again the first week of November! Ahhhh that IS something great to look forward to. Even if it wears off in a couple of days. Yes indeed… I guess it’s all about that extra hour of sleep.

Remind me again why we’re changing our clocks?